Its story

HIP 61019 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61019: right ascension 12h 30m 20s, declination −60° 59′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 61019. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61019, HD 108773, Gaia DR3 6055051460961631360. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.